How to Save Microsoft Office 365 Documents to Your Local Computer
The Cloud
Composing documents in Office 365 is a breeze. And thanks to OneDrive you can access, edit and share your documents anywhere. Microsoft’s default autosave feature stores your documents to Microsoft’s OneDrive servers, so there is no need to carry documents around on storage devices. This is also called “cloud” storage. It is super convenient and works just fine for many people.
Go Local
However, you may not want to store all of your files in the cloud. Some documents may be personal or contain private information. Perhaps you are concerned about who has access to the server on which your documents reside. Networking issues have prevented many a lecturer or conference goer from accessing presentation files or important documents at the time they were needed most. For these reasons you may prefer your files live on your computer or backup drive. Microsoft does not make it obvious that you can do this, but it is easy to set up. Let’s go local!
How to Save Microsoft Office 365 Documents to Your Local Computer by Default
A “local” computer is the one you are using, rather than a net connected device in some random data center. Here is how to save Office 365 documents locally:
Open Word.
Select Files
Choose More
Select Options
Click Save.
Check the Save to Computer by default box.
Click OK to save the changes you just made.
Now, your Microsoft Word documents will automatically save to your computer. Please note that other Microsoft Office 365 apps will now also save to your local computer by default.